What Causes Knee Pain When Sitting And Popping Sound In Knee While Bending?

Posted on Mon, 2 May 2016

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Question : 3 days started having L knee pain when sitting and when moving the the knee it pops on top of the knee. I was bending over picking up things off the floor for extend amount of time. What could this be? I took 800mg of motrin that never touched the pain.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (42 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It can be knee synovitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case and image and I think that you are having knee synovitis. In this condition there is collection of fluid in the knee joint and it causes pain. This is mostly due to prolong sitting or squatting.
I have following suggestions for you.
1.Ice fomentation and Rest
2.Tablet Brufen 400 mg twice daily.
3.volitran gel local application
I hope these steps will take care of knee problem. But if not then you may need to contact your orthopaedic doctor and he may advised you steroid injection in knee .
I hope these steps will be helpful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks

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